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- EIN 26-3340839
- (870) 275-7902
- 2729 E Nettleton Ave Jonesboro AR 72401-4530 USA
- www.neacac.net
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Causes: Child Abuse Prevention, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence
Mission: The neacac opened in 2009 and has dramatically increased services and children served each year since. The neacac is a child--friendly, relaxed environment for a child to tell his/her story of abuse to a highly trained,child focused forensic interviewer while being video recorded to reduce the need for multiple strangers to retraumatize the child through repeated questioning. The neacac also provides advocacy for each child and offers on onsite specialized medical exam for every child with an allegation of sexual abuse victimization. Every child also receives a referral to a trauma focused trained mental health therapist and every case is reviewed and receives a coordinated response by the multidisciplinary team consisting of law enforcement, dcfs, cacd, neacac, mental health, medical professionals and others involved with the case.
Programs: In 2017 alone the neacac served many children in northeast arkansas and all recieved specialized services. The child abuse experts at the neacac provided mandated reporter training, prevention training and other related child abuse and child sex trafficking training to large groups of educational professions, community leaders, caregivers and area groups/organizations free of charge. All children were offered trauma focused mental health therapy regardless of their ability to pay thanks to midsouth health systems, life strategies inc (lsci) and other caring mental health agencies in northeast arkansas. Over 6,000 reports were accepted by the child abuse hotline for our coverage area alone to be investigated by the arkansas state police crimes against children division.
the neacac is a child--friendly, relaxed environment for a child to tell his/her story of abuse to a highly trained,child focused forensic interviewer while being video recorded to reduce the need for multiple strangers to retraumatize the child through repeated questioning. The neacac also provides advocacy for each child and offers on onsite specialized medical exam for every child with an allegation of sexual abuse victimization. Every child also receives a referral to a trauma focused trained mental health therapist and every case is reviewed and receives a coordinated response by the multidisciplinary team consisting of law enforcement, dcfs, cacd, neacac, mental health, medical professionals and others involved with the case.